Aquia Gospel Doctrine

Read : Abraham 1:1, 5-20 In class, we read Genesis 12 through 22 to give us the long term (longue durée) narrative history of the Abrahamic Covenant, Abraham, and Sarah. Reaching even further back in the history of Abraham, through LDS scripture, we have the account of Abraham’s *almost* sacrifice at the hands of the priests of Elkenah. Read and ponder upon that account, then answer the following questions: Questions : What similarities are there between Abraham being sacrificed and Abraham sacrificing Isaac?  What differences exist? Does this account from the book of Abraham change your understanding of Abraham sacrificing Isaac? Does it change the meaning of sacrifice for Abraham? How do the trials in your life inform/influence/impact your sacrifices?

1. In Genesis 13 we get an account of Abraham and Lot coming up at of Egypt and settling in and around Beth-el. The land could not sustain both of them so Abraham went to the right while Lot went to the left. Genesis 13:10-13 reads: 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly  Questions: - What do you think "pitched his tent toward Sodom" means?  - By Genesis 19, where is Lot living? - What does this tell us about the effect of lot pitching his tent toward Sodom...